The gold rush is in full swing and Cactus Creek is one of the hundreds of communities that sprung up seemingly overnight, it's residents trying to get rich quick. As one of them you must help build the town, mine the gold and hopefully make your fortune. Cactus Creek is a strategic game of resource management, cowboy placement and making sure you're in the right place at the right time. The game is played over a number of rounds where players select roles and place cowboys so they can build buildings, gain resoures and trade in order to end up as the richest player when the bridge and railroad are complete.